MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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